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Jan 4, 2023 07:38:25 #
SaxonLady wrote:
It took a while to realise that it was coconut. I usually double up in agony from my stomach and then all the way down, but this time I came out in a blotchy hot rash that kept me awake two nights running, slathering E45 all over the blotches every couple of hours. The itching was so hot and intense I was near screaming point. Strange. I thought at first it was the Radiotherapy that I had the week before Christmas week.
I get itching from my allergies. There are times I want to rip off my skin and with my scratching it, looks like I attempted it. A lukewarm bath with an oat extract in the water helps some, but only temporarily. Ask your doctor, you may be able to get a prescription strength antihistamine for those times.
I have to check the ingredients of everything coming into this house because of DD's allergies. You wouldn't believe how many things have onion in them for no reason that I can see.
I also wouldn't have thought of coconut in chocolate chip cookies.
Jan 4, 2023 07:39:59 #
jinx wrote:
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I just read Susan's post and now I get the XXX. I hope you have a plan with your surgeon. Feel better soon.
Jan 4, 2023 07:45:06 #
Grandma Susan wrote:
I got Lindt too, along with bar of black and green... (show quote)
Werther's sugar free don't have aspartame in them, so they are probably better than the same amount of chocolates. Just don't consume the whole bag at once.
Good for you for stopping smoking. Mum was hooked on Tic Tac mints after she quit smoking. Stay away from those nicotine cigarettes. They are now talking about banning them over here because they can cause just as much of an addiction as cigarettes.Jan 4, 2023 07:54:33 #
Grandma Susan wrote:
294 br Iāve just had a lovely bath with all my New... (show quote)
Grandparents are supposed to spoil the grands, and get them high on sugar before passing them back to the parents.
I'm not ready to be with my family 24/7. At least we have some boundaries while I'm working at my home desk. From what I've seen on vacation and holidays, I will expected to do more than I want to when I retire. Mum keeps thinking I have a gold plate pension like Stuart's, but I don't. I will be getting half of what I'm paid now. She seems to think I'll be taking her on trips around the world when I retire. Keep dreaming mum.
I remember when my granny had all her kids and grands come to her house on Sundays for a cup of coffee/tea and cookies. She'd be nodding first with one of her sons or daughters, then nodding with the next one that spoke. My mum has 5 brothers and sisters. They all married with children so there were a lot of people crammed into my granny's tiny kitchen, all talking at once.
Maybe just talking to you is enough for Stephen to figure out what he needs to do.
My brother turned 60 yesterday. Haven't been able to talk to him because he and SIL went up to their cottage to survey the damage from the winter storm and there is little cell phone service up there.
Jan 4, 2023 07:55:50 #
binkbrice wrote:
Probably the same people who put coconut oil in hot chocolate mix my tongue swelled up really bad, I read all labels know since it makes no sense to me at all better safe than sorry, I always ask if something has coconut in it if someone else has made it!
Why put coconut oil in hot chocolate mix?
Jan 4, 2023 07:57:32 #
binkbrice wrote:
I think I slept most of the day away and then I cooked and watched a movie! I couldnāt figure out if it was Monday or Tuesday either.
It's Wednesday and I had to check the garbage collection calendar to see if the garbage bins would be picked up today. Nope, pickup is tomorrow. Hopefully I remember that tomorrow.
Are you feeling better with the sleep?
Jan 4, 2023 08:03:41 #
Today is the 25th anniversary of the Big Ice storm that wreaked the electricity system in eastern Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. We still have scars in a couple of our trees from that event. Some people were without electricity for 2 months. We were without electricity for 4 days. We have lived in the country though so we knew what to do and managed. When the electricity started being restored, businesses were told to work skeleton crews. My team was picked for the skeleton crew. We would go in and turn on a couple of computers and update them, then turn them off again. There were no street traffic lights so a lot of people volunteered to man some of the busier intersections because there just were not enough police to man them all. This court had a big barbeque in the middle of the court to use up all the food thawing in everyone's freezers. It was a memorable time.
Jan 4, 2023 08:04:49 #
Jan 4, 2023 08:45:10 #
SaxonLady wrote:
I would have said that I read all ingredients, but I honestly cannot believe that someone would put desiccated coconut in chocolate cookies.
I honestly donāt know why either!
Jan 4, 2023 09:00:42 #
Jan 4, 2023 09:02:13 #
Nitz8catz wrote:
It's Wednesday and I had to check the garbage collection calendar to see if the garbage bins would be picked up today. Nope, pickup is tomorrow. Hopefully I remember that tomorrow.
Are you feeling better with the sleep?
Are you feeling better with the sleep?
I donāt know what is going on with me I think I could literally sleep 20 hours a day!
Jan 4, 2023 10:23:15 #
Good mornng from a 39F and cloudy Shoreline area. No plans today so will see what comes along. Will get on with some knitting at some point. I hope you all are staying safe and well and having a good day. xxxooo
Jan 4, 2023 10:48:28 #
Jan 4, 2023 10:57:10 #
Grandma Susan
Loc: NE UK
@298
Iāve had a busy day (for me) I went over to Wendyās late ā° morning and had coffee and cake š§ with her. We always have a little something. I make her a cup of tea āļø.she eats better at tea time. The carers make her porridge for an early breakfast. She doesnāt use much energy so that could explain her lack of appetite. Itās been warm ish today. I just had my Aran on and left my coat in the car. It was quite windy though.
Then when I came home Josephine and me had a video. Wow can we chatter. Iāve now put up my sandwich š„Ŗ and come to bed to see you all and then do a jigsaw. Itās 4pm and not as dark as it was at 3pm a couple of weeks ago.
Jinxā¦ā¦I hope youāre not in too much pain. Josephine and I were saying how sorry we were. Thinking of you. Xxx
I think thatās the lot from me. Tomorrow should be Asda. Replenish my stock. Love yawl, stay safe. Xx
Iāve had a busy day (for me) I went over to Wendyās late ā° morning and had coffee and cake š§ with her. We always have a little something. I make her a cup of tea āļø.she eats better at tea time. The carers make her porridge for an early breakfast. She doesnāt use much energy so that could explain her lack of appetite. Itās been warm ish today. I just had my Aran on and left my coat in the car. It was quite windy though.
Then when I came home Josephine and me had a video. Wow can we chatter. Iāve now put up my sandwich š„Ŗ and come to bed to see you all and then do a jigsaw. Itās 4pm and not as dark as it was at 3pm a couple of weeks ago.
Jinxā¦ā¦I hope youāre not in too much pain. Josephine and I were saying how sorry we were. Thinking of you. Xxx
I think thatās the lot from me. Tomorrow should be Asda. Replenish my stock. Love yawl, stay safe. Xx
Jan 4, 2023 11:02:32 #
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